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The White House should investigate whether presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway violated government ethics rules when she made a public endorsement of Ivanka Trump products, and consider disciplinary action, the Office of Government Ethics said in a letter. Conway’s comments last week after retailer Nordstrom announced it was dropping the branded line of Trump’s

daughter Ivanka prompted criticism from Republican and Democratic lawmakers amid concern she may have violated ethics rules. “There is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct and that disciplinary action is warranted,” the letter read. REUTERS

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Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy plans to step down next month, the agency said, two years after he took charge of the agency following high-profile security lapses by the service responsible for protecting the president. “Congratulations Dir Clancy on your retirement! The men & women of the @SecretService are grateful for your 29 years of service & leadership,” the Secret Service

said on Twitter. Clancy will leave on March 4, his departure means that President Donald Trump will be able to select his own security chief. The Secret Service has almost 7,000 employees and is charged with protecting the president and his family as well as combating counterfeiting. Barack Obama named Clancy head of the Secret Service in February 2015 after he had served as acting director for four months. REUTERS

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The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been murdered in Malaysia, a South Korean government source said on Tuesday. Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of Kim Jong Un, was known to spend a significant amount of his time outside North Korea and had spoken out publicly against his family’s dynastic control of the isolated state. The South Korean

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Californians who were ordered to evacuate due to a threat from the tallest dam in the United States can now safely return to their homes and businesses may resume operations, a county sheriff said on Tuesday. A previous evacuation order has been reduced to an evacuation warning, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told a news conference, after water management officials drained

enough water from the Oroville Dam. The warning means that people can return but should be prepared to evacuate again if necessary, Honea said. Both the primary and backup drainage channels of the dam, known as spillways, were damaged after a buildup of water that resulted from an extraordinarily wet winter in Northern California that followed years of severe drought. REUTERS

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A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found Pedro Hernandez guilty in the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, bringing to a conclusion one aspect of a fourdecade-long murder mystery. Patz’s body has never been found. The state Supreme Court jury of eight men and four women convicted Hernandez of felony second-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1979 case, but acquitted him of intentional murder. Sentencing is set for Feb. 28 and he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. “It’s about time,” Stan Patz, Etan’s father, told reporters after the verdict. “I’m really grateful this jury finally came back with what I’ve known for a long time: that this person, Pedro Hernandez, did a really terrible thing.” The Patz case grabbed national attention when he vanished while walk-

ing alone for the first boy a soda, Hernandez time to a school bus told investigators. There, stop in SoHo on May 25, he killed Etan in the 1979. The boy’s photo was store’s basement, put his one of the first missing body in a trash bag and a children to appear on a box, which he dumped in an alley. milk carton. “When he went in Moments after the verdict was read, Hernan- front of me, I grabbed dez’s defense attorney, his neck and I started to Harvey Fishbein, vowed to choke him. I was nervous. His legs were jerking,” appeal. In 2015, the first trial Hernandez said during a of the 56-year-old former six-hour interrogation by delicatessen worker end- police. Hernandez demed with a hung jury of 11-1 onstrated by putting his in favor of conviction after hands over his own neck. Hernandez 18 days of deliberalater recanted tions. The rethe contrial began fession, on Oct. 19, claim2016. ing he Prosis menecutors tally had no ill and physit h a t cal evihe was dence coerced to link i n t o HernanPedro Hernandez HANDOUT making dez to the the admisboy’s disapsions. Medical pearance. No records indicated remains were ever found despite an exten- that Hernandez suffers from schizophrenia, a sive search. Arguments in both fact that provided his pritrials centered on the va- mary defense in the secthree-month-long lidity of Hernandez’s vid- ond, eotaped confession to trial. “He’s just inconsispolice in 2012. He reportedly gave investigators tent, he’s just unreliable a detailed account of the and he’s the only witness crime. When Hernandez against himself,” the dewas 18, he lured Etan fendant’s lawyer said. Reuters contributed to into a bodega where he worked by promising the this report.

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‘After Etan’ author: Patz case changed life as we knew it Metro asks Lisa Cohen, author of “After Etan: The Boy Who Held America Captive,” why America cared for four decades. AMANDA MIKELBERG @MetroNewYork

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Lisa R. Cohen is an Emmy award-winning TV news producer and reporter who followed the Etan Patz case since 1990. Her book “After Etan” chronicled the journey of Stanley and Julie Patz through the enigma of their son’s disappearance. How, after nearly 38 years, was the Etan Patz mystery finally solved? In 2009, on the 30th anniversary, it was really in limbo. The Manhattan district attorney had just retired, and he hadn’t really looked at the case in a long time. The new DA came in, and during the election there was a lot of talk about this case. Stan Patz, Etan’s father, said please look at this, and the DA decided to take a new look at this. That led to a return to one of the men who had been talked to originally, and they dug up his basement with a lot of media attention, and that’s when Pedro Hernandez’s brother-inlaw came forward. It was a whole new chapter. Why did the Etan Patz story grip the nation for four decades? It never had an answer. It had a very beautiful child in the middle, a child that any parent would identify with. The father in this case was a professional photographer and he had hundreds of beautiful photographs of his son, and they were very compelling. His parents are very articulate, we heard them, and we feel like we have grown old with them. It felt like before he went missing we were all innocent and felt safe, and then this hit us, and it raised the specter of a threat and of the sense it

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could happen to me and my child. What was your reaction when you heard the verdict? I was relieved. Because I know what all of this has put the family through. I have been reporting this story for 27 years. I became close with Stan Patz, and was there when he came to the conclusion that Pedro Hernandez was indeed the person who killed his son. This really was a vindication for him — finally there is an answer. But I don’t want to say it’s over, because there’s probably going to be an appeal. But it gives everybody a sense that the law has come down on the side of guilty. I don’t use the word closure, because I don’t think that’s possible. Was Jose Ramos, initially charged with the killing, a viable suspect? Yes. He had a long string of child molestations in his history, he talked to people about knowing Etan, he told people that his girlfriend was his babysitter, and he made a lot of statements to other people that he was involved, and this wasn’t some lightly considered

matter. He outright said he had taken that child, he told a former assistant U.S. attorney, a federal prosecutor, that he took a boy on that day. What changes came about in policy and society because of Etan Patz? Lots of different laws were enacted. The day he went missing was made National Missing Children’s Day. At the time he went missing there was nothing in place that would help people communicate with people about missing kids in another part of the country. Not just because of Etan, but in part he influenced the creation of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Also new resources for tracking across states, and databases — the FBI coordinated better resources to tracking down kids. It just created a new culture in which people were more aware of the threats — sometimes too aware, or too afraid of harm coming to their children. It was the bogeyman and it fostered hysteria. Mrs. Patz worked in schools for many years and she would counsel the parents to be more trusting of leaving their children on their own.

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STANDING BY Oculus security guard reportedly refused to help women moments before fatal fall A security guard at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan didn’t assist a woman who fell to her death moments later while trying to retrieve her twin sister’s hat, the New York Daily News reported. Jenny Santos, 29, who was on her way to catch a train back to Kearny, New Jersey,

with her sister, approached a guard at the transit hub around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday and asked him to help get her sister’s hat, which had fallen to the edge of the escalator, sources told the paper. The unidentified guard, who is employed by privately run Allied Universal, reportedly told the New Jersey woman he could not leave his post. Santos then tried to reach the hat on her own, but lost

her balance and fell 34 feet onto the hub’s marble floor. She had a blood-alcohol content of 0.167, which is more than twice the legal limit to drive. Officials said she was seen in surveillance footage goofing around and pretending to be a superhero as she was reaching for the hat before she lost her balance. Safety expert Patrick Carrajat, who penned “The History

of the Elevator Industry in America,” told the Daily News Santos’ death could have been prevented if the Port Authority, which manages Oculus, installed an 18-inch-wide handrail on the escalator. The escalators at the hub are currently not in violation of any safety codes, and the extra handrails “are not common,” Carrajat said. “In retrospect, should they have done it? Yes.” NIKKI M. MASCALI

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in the world of art, music, literature and the theater during the fifty years of Stanley’s brilliant tenure,” Ed Hamilton wrote on a Hotel Chelsea blog. Hamilton, author of the book “Legends of the Chelsea Hotel,” wrote that Bard studied psychology in college and claimed it helped him relate to the artists and oddballs who spent time at the hotel. “Stanley as a genuine New York character, one of the people who make the city the great place it is,” he wrote. Investors in the hotel pressured Bard to financially capitalized on the landmark’s image during his final years as hotelier, but he worked to keep rents affordable for the artists, musicians, actors and writers who lived there, according to Hamilton. The hotel is featured in many songs, films and books. Bard was born in 1934 to Jewish immigrants from Hungary. His father, David Bard, and a pair of investors bought the hotel in 1940. He is survived by his wife Phyllis, two children, David and Michele Bard Grabell and their spouses, and five grandchildren.

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DESSERT Writer’s block causes fortune cookie to crumble for longtime fortune writer They may be short and sweet and inside something good to eat, but writing the fortune inside fortune cookies is no easy task. In fact, it’s become so hard for one longtime fortune writer that he’s hanging up his punny, wisdom-giving pen and calling it a day. “I used to write 100 a year, but I’ve only written two or three a month over the past year,” Donald

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cookie, I want customers to open the fortune, read it, maybe laugh, and leave the restaurant happy so that they come back again next week,” Lau said. Though he may not dole out his wisdom anymore via fortune cookies, Lau will keep his day job as the company’s chief financial officer. According to its website, Wonton Foods is the largest manufacturer of fortune cookies, noodles and wrappers in the U.S. NIKKI M. MASCALI

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cities that trailed in their rankings and others that weren’t included in the “big 40.” New York earned gold for clean (smoke-free) indoor air, its enforcement of the tobacco 21 law, restaurant grading and monitoring, complete and safe streets, healthy food availability, inclusionary zoning, and quality prekindergarten education. Its less extraordinary performance was in paid sick leave policy, which earned a bronze medal, and alcohol sales control — which did not earn a medal. Boston received medals in every category, and earned six gold: Tobacco 21 enforcement, restaurant grading, healthy food supply, pre-K education and alcohol sales control — and a gold for overall achievement. “We want every person, in every city, to live the healthiest possible life and we’ve identified ways that cities can make significant improvements,” said Ed Hunter, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, the founder of the CityHealth initiative. “Good health extends into every aspect of our lives — from paid sick days to early education, from safe streets to safe food.”

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White House: Trump knew for weeks that aide was misleading over Russia Flynn quit after Trump asked for his resignation, Spicer said. “The issue pure and simple came down to a matter of trust,” Spicer said. President Donald Trump knew for weeks that national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the White House about his contacts with Russia but did not immediately force him out, an administration spokesman said. Trump was informed in late January that Flynn had not told Vice President Mike Pence the whole truth about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador to the United States before Trump took office, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said. The departure was another disruption for an

administration already repeatedly distracted by miscues and internal dramas. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said Trump only moved against Flynn because of media attention to the issue, and not because of concern at any wrongdoing by the former lieutenant general. “The reason they lost faith or trust in General Flynn only last night when they knew for weeks that he had been lying was that it became public,” Schiff told MSNBC. A timeline of events outlined by Spicer and a U.S. official showed that Trump had known for weeks about Flynn misleading the vice president. Trump, a former reality TV star whose catchphrase was “You’re fired!” has often boasted of his eagerness to get rid of

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subordinates. But he was not quick to fire Flynn, a strong advocate of a better relations with Russia and a hard line against Islamist militants. The Justice Department warned the White House in late January that Flynn had misled Pence by denying to him that he had discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, a potentially illegal act, a

U.S. official said. Flynn did talk about sanctions with the diplomat, whose calls were recorded by U.S. intelligence officials, the official said. But Pence went on television in mid-January and denied that Flynn had discussed sanctions. Spicer stressed that the administration believed there was no legal problem with Flynn’s conversations with Kislyak, but

rather an issue over the president’s trust in his adviser. He said the Justice Department sought to notify the White House counsel on Jan. 26. about the discrepancies in Flynn’s accounts. “The White House counsel informed the president immediately. The president asked them to commit a review of whether there was a le-

gal situation there. That was immediately determined there wasn’t. That was what the president believed at the time from what he had been told and he was proved to be correct,” Spicer told reporters. Flynn’s conversations with the ambassador took place around the time that then-President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on Russia, charging that Moscow had used cyber attacks to try to influence the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor. A U.S. official familiar with the transcripts of the calls with the ambassador said Flynn indicated that if Russia did not retaliate in kind for Obama’s Dec. 29 order expelling 35 Russian suspected spies and sanctioning Russian spy agencies, that could smooth the way toward a broader discussion of improving U.S.-Russian relations once Trump took power. REUTERS

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US official: Russian jets in ‘unsafe’ encounters with Navy destroyer Multiple Russian military aircraft came close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on Feb. 10, incidents considered “unsafe and unprofessional,� a U.S. official said on Tuesday. There were three separate incidents involving Russian aircraft and the USS Porter, Capt. Danny Hernandez, a spokesman for U.S. European Command, said. One involved two Russian Su-24 jets, another a separate Su-24 and the third involved a larger IL-38. “USS Porter queried all aircraft and received no response,� Hernandez said. “Such incidents are concerning because they can result in accident or miscalculation,� he added.

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The incidents involving the Su-24 were considered to be unsafe and unprofessional by the commanding officer of the Porter because of their high speed and low altitude, while the IL-38 flew at an unusually low altitude, Hernandez said. Another U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the closest incident that day involved the lone Su-24, which came within 200

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Decades ago, lofts were the opposite of luxury, but today they are reserved for those looking for open space and contemporary details. Here are four lofts for rent — from Brooklyn to downtown Manhattan. 44 Berry St., 4E $3,438/mo Located in a historic former tonic-water factory, this Williamsburg loft features industrial details, such as wood columns and beams, and exposed brick. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit also has classic details, such as high ceilings and large windows. Building amenities include an elevator, common roof deck with two grills and a bocce-ball court, fitness center and

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The loft at 12 W. 18th St. features two bedrooms and two bathrooms. CORE

laundry room. 127 Madison Ave., 8-FLR $6,900/mo This full-floor Flatiron loft offer two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,600 square feet. The loft also features a private keyed elevator, high ceilings, oversized

windows and walnut floors throughout. Though the whole place is described as in “mint condition,” the kitchen has all the modern touches with Carrera countertops, and Subzero and Bosch appliances including a built in espresso machine.

242 Lafayette St., 3S $8,500/mo Described as a “classic SoHo floor-through loft,” this apartment comes furnished in 1,350 square feet. There are two bedrooms and one-and-ahalf-baths, with an open kitchen. Unforgettable details includes the 12-

square feet with two bedrooms, a home office and two bathrooms. A master suite has a walk-in closet/ dressing room and a spa bathroom with a 12 W. 18 heated floor. St., 3W The unit fea$10,000/ tures newly mo refinished Rent this hardwood floorfurnished PROVIDED ing and recessed Flatiron loft for LED lighting, a Nest a few short months home system and a new or as long as two years. 2-zone central air system. The home features 1,750 foot tin ceilings, exposed brick and oversize windows. The furniture includes a mix of modern and antique pieces.

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PEACEMAKERS So NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Michael Jordan spoke with Knicks owner James Dolan and Charles Oakley this week to help end Dolan and Oakley’s public dispute that boiled over last week at Madison Square Garden. The meeting worked, to a point. Dolan lifted his ridiculous ban on Oakley not being allowed at MSG, but Oakley is clearly still peeved. “It’s not about being at the Garden,” Oakley told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. “It’s about the fans. I want them to apologize to the fans. I told the commissioner I want them to apologize to the fans.” Jordan was a part

of the meeting because he’s friends with Oakley. In fact, he’s really the only real “Oak whisperer” on the planet. Oakley told ESPN that he “respects Jordan to the fullest” but that he’s also his “own man.” Damn, Oak is the best. As for Jordan, you’ve got to wonder how much cash Silver had to give “His Airness” to, in essence, be a glorified elementary school guidance counselor in this meeting. No way MJ did that for free.

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match, they’re not going to get their wish. In other words, save your $100. The fight will be a boxing match, and McGregor — obviously — is an MMA fighter first and not a pure boxer. It’s a shame that this whole thing couldn’t be like a fighting Olympics. First match in a boxing ring. Second match in a UFC Octagon. Rubber match in a shark tank.

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THE NAME GAME In the classic film“Office Space,” character Michael Bolton speaks out about his unfortunate name and disses the 90s love song singer who also bears it. “Why should I change (my name)? He’s the one who sucks!” Much respect to those who were born with a horrible name, but refuse to take the easy way out. Baltimore area sports-

caster Gerry Sandusky (not to be confused with the Penn State child molester) has been ripped to shreds by people on Twitter in the past few days (and years). In response to the social media hate, the good Gerry Sandusky tweeted, “To all who again invite me to spend eternity in hell, just a friendly reminder. I’m Gerry with a G — no relation

to the former Penn State coach.” Let’s now show some mercy to other real life people with unfortunate names: American indoor volleyball player Destinee Hooker, former International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound, Japanese volleyball player Yoshie Takeshita and civilians Jesus Condom and Moe Lester.

NB-AARP N Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, e in i fact it’s THE emoT tion when t it i comes to t sports fans. Team colors, the ssmell of hot dogs at the ballpark and tthe smell of stale beer at the ballpark all conjure up the best of memories. m Hip-hop iicon Ice Cube is i banking on o nostalgia to move his new 3-on-3 basketball league k fforward, and he’s bet correctly … because there’s no t

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